Esplas ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 44%
In Esplas, 5.7% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Its 46 households held 104 residents at the 2023 Census. 5.1% of homes are flats. On households without a car, Esplas sits lower than 62% of compared French towns: 8.7%.
Throughout this page, the Ariège median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Esplas
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Esplas, 15% of its 59 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Esplas’ residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 15% in Esplas, more than in 91% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Turnover: 6.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One household in 12 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Esplas grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 68% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
In two steps, +8% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Ariège.
Esplas is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Esplas 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Esplas has 11%. Each household has 2.3 people on average. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns, at 22%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%. Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
13% of residents are immigrants, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The share of foreign nationals tops 85% of compared French towns: 11%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Esplas ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 13%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The figure for married residents is 41% in Esplas and 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Esplas, 17%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (104 to 2,582 people), the 8th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Esplas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esplas | 52.2 | 23% | 15% | 13% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 5 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 7.6 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Cintegabelle 3,006 · 8.6 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 3.2% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 9.5 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 9.7 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 9.9 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Esplas
What is the population of Esplas?
104 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (95).
How old are Esplas’ residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Esplas?
9, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Esplas?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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